Ok, this did not work for me. I recently bought Retrode and tried to use it for the first time. Everything works fine, except that the controllers don't work (original SNES controllers). I have plugged it into a Mac with Snow Leopard (10.6) and a Win 7 (64) box. I have updated the firmware to v0.17f. Finally, we hooked the SNES console itself up to a TV and plugged the controllers into it. The controllers worked fine attached to the original console. Help. Does it matter which emulator I use?

Sorry to hear about your trouble, let's see what we can do about it. It does matter which emulator you use, especially under unixoid systems such as Linux or Mac OS.

How exactly did you establish that the controllers "don't work"- did you configure the emulator to use them in the first place? (Because you have to).Under Windows, does the game controller dialog in the Control Panel react to controller input? (The left SNES port should be the first USB controller in the list of four.)

Ok, thank you for explaining that I had to configure the emulator. While, in retrospect, that probably should of been obvious, in my defense, this is my first time using an emulator. Currently, I am using bsnes. Are there any emulators that you would recommend for SNES. Thanks.

Indeed, v0.17f has a wrong version number embedded. I guess I'll add a note on the firmware page. Updating the firmware does not overwrite your config settings. Did you have [sramReadOnly] set to 0 before the update?

I just bought the Retrode, so I'm a total noob. Tried to play a game with original SNES-Controller, but it won't work. Already updated to 0.17g with no effect. If i push a button, the Retrode LED lits up, but it won't work in the game.

I tried with zsnesw151 and snes9x-1.53. Configuration seems OK for me (controller activated).